Seamus Mallon

Seamus Mallon (17 August 1936-) was Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1 July 1998 to 6 November 2001 with David Trimble and Reg Empey, preceding Mark Durkan.

Biography
Seamus Mallon was born in Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland on 17 August 1936, and he became a teacher after graduating from Catholic school. During the 1960s, he became involved with the civil rights movement, and he became the deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party under John Hume in 1979. From February to November 1982, he was a member of the Seanad Eireann of Ireland, and he was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly that same year. In 1998, he became Deputy First Minister under David Trimble, opposing IRA violence and supporting police reform. He retired in 2001, and Mark Durkan replaced Mallon as Deputy SDLP leader and Deputy First Minister.